资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Painter \Paint"er\, n. [See lst {Paint}.]
   One whose occupation is to paint; esp.:
   (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like,
       with paint.
   (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a
       flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like.

   {Painter's colic}. (Med.) See {Lead colic}, under {Colic}.

   {Painter stainer}.
   (a) A painter of coats of arms. --Crabb.
   (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing
       this name.